Sandpoint’s silent residents
An exploration of local cemeteries, Part 2 By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Wandering the grassy paths of any of Sandpoint’s historic cemeteries, it’s hard not to wonder what cruel twist of fate might have sent...
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Dark History: Murders rock the Priest River Italian community
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The July 23 edition of the Reader republished a Northern Idaho News story from June 25, 1912, announcing the arrest of Joseph Caprai for the murder of one Charles Falcone,...
Mark Fuhrman dies at 74
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Former Los Angeles Police Detective and longtime resident of Sandpoint and Spokane, Mark Fuhrman, died May 12 in Kootenai County. He was 74 years old. In 1996, Fuhrman was convicted...
Something is rotten in the state of America
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In the Jan. 22 edition of the Reader, I used my Bouquets and Barb column to wonder about the seemingly incongruous nature of the Republican party since President Donald Trump’s...
Four life sentences handed down in 2022 Moscow murders
Friends and families of victims deliver statements in July 23 sentencing hearing By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After a sentencing hearing July 23 in Boise, the man who admitted murdering four University of Idaho students...
Scary stories from the Reader staff
The Hound of the Hagavilles By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Growing up in the hinterlands of Bonner County, there was no reason to lean into decorating the front of our house for Halloween. We...
Dark History: Murder on the Monarchs
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The rock beaches along the eastern shores of Lake Pend Oreille are an idyllic place today. With the Green Monarch Mountains rising more than 3,000 feet above the water’s...
Carpenter arraignment continues
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County District Court Judge Barbara Buchanan granted another continuance Dec. 16 in the case of Judith Carpenter, the Coeur d’Alene woman accused of murdering 79-year-old Shirley Ramey at...
DNA evidence leads to cold-case arrest
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sandpoint Police arrested a suspect in a 30-year Sandpoint cold case thanks to the power of DNA evidence. Law enforcement arrested William R. Acosta at his Ponderay home after...
Man indicted in Wohali shooting
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A suspect in the death of Robert Cameron Hegseth Wohali faces charges of second-degree murder. Michael Ryan McDermott, 47, was indicted this week for alleged involvement in the shooting...
